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image of president obama and governor christie shoulder to shoulder, a time when he promised to help victims quickly. >> i want you to cut through red tape. i want you to cut through bureaucracy. there's no excuse for inaction at this point. >> the white house said the president remains committed. >> there's no question what the president saw on staten island that enormous suffering continues. that's why we're looking at states and localities to continue the effort to assist in the recovery. >> reporter: a top congressional aide tells cnn lawmakers are waiting to see the administration proposal, and an administration official tells cnn the white house is still crunching its numbers. as for chris christie, who is up for re-election in new jersey next year, the top aide to the governor had no comment. just to get to a staggering sum of money we're talking about here, the $80 billion the governors are seeking roughly equal to the amount of money we'd raise in one year from raising taxes on the top 2 percent. so it's a lot of money. >> it's a tough time, that's for sure. jim acosta, than
image of president obama and governor christie shoulder to shoulder, a time when he promised to help victims quickly. >> i want you to cut through red tape. i want you to cut through bureaucracy. there's no excuse for inaction at this point. >> the white house said the president remains committed. >> there's no question what the president saw on staten island that enormous suffering continues. that's why we're looking at states and localities to continue the effort to assist...
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to win the next election? >> translator: as a citizen of the world, i would like him to win. seeing the candidates, i prefer obama. >> did she give you any sense of what cuba would do -- this is by the way an endorsement, i suspect, the obama campaign is not thrilled necessarily to v but did she give you a sense of what might happen over the next five months if the cubans wanted to do something to improve their relationship with the united states? >> i think like many people around the world, nobody expecting anything to get done about these massive political solutions before the election. everything is on hold in that regard, we pressed her not necessarily on what might happen between the u.s. and cube barks although she said that the parameters were there to improve relations and frankly to mend relations. she put everything as many cuban officials do in the parameters of the embargo, this 50-year economic blockade that the cubans use as a reason and a justification for just about everything. so she says whe
to win the next election? >> translator: as a citizen of the world, i would like him to win. seeing the candidates, i prefer obama. >> did she give you any sense of what cuba would do -- this is by the way an endorsement, i suspect, the obama campaign is not thrilled necessarily to v but did she give you a sense of what might happen over the next five months if the cubans wanted to do something to improve their relationship with the united states? >> i think like many people...
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but president obama has been re-elected here in the u.s. i know he feels deeply about this issue. he regards peace between israelis and palestinians as a genuine strategic interest of the united states. and we're going to have i think a fresh opportunity to go back to this issue to try and grip it and frame it in the right way and we've got to try. i always say to people, we spent decades trying and failing in northern ireland and finally we got a process that worked. there isn't an alternative except to come back and try again. and that's what we've got to do. by the way, as the region is in turmoil, although in one sense it becomes harder for the parties to see their way through, it's more important that the israeli-palestinian issue is put in a place where there's hope and progress. because it could, especially with the other changes in the region, get mixed up in the politics of the region in a way that puts us even further back. >> i know you're watching what's going on with these so-called fiscal cliff negotiations here in the united states. as concerned as we are here in th
but president obama has been re-elected here in the u.s. i know he feels deeply about this issue. he regards peace between israelis and palestinians as a genuine strategic interest of the united states. and we're going to have i think a fresh opportunity to go back to this issue to try and grip it and frame it in the right way and we've got to try. i always say to people, we spent decades trying and failing in northern ireland and finally we got a process that worked. there isn't an alternative...
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of president obama four years ago. u.s. gun sales totalled $2.5 billion in 2008. this year, that figure could top 3.5 billion. david mattingly, cnn, rosswell, georgia. >> how high are the hopes for real change in the coming weeks? new polling data provides a clue. we'll talk about that and more with dr. drew pinsky. >>> also, a train is rammed off the tracks. we'll show you the amazing video of what caused it. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ tylenol bottle ] me too! and nasal co [ tissue box ] he said nasal congestion. yeah...i heard him. [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't. nature valley granola thins pack the big taste of granola and dark chocolate into one perfect square, under 100 calories. nature valley granola thins. and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of olay total effects and many birthdays later, still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay. >>> a massive
of president obama four years ago. u.s. gun sales totalled $2.5 billion in 2008. this year, that figure could top 3.5 billion. david mattingly, cnn, rosswell, georgia. >> how high are the hopes for real change in the coming weeks? new polling data provides a clue. we'll talk about that and more with dr. drew pinsky. >>> also, a train is rammed off the tracks. we'll show you the amazing video of what caused it. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the...
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thank you. >>> how exactly can former president clinton help the obama re-election effort? our chief national correspondent john king is over there at the magic wall. john, tell our viewers what he's uniquely qualified to do certain things. >> he is very popular. john zarrella just mentioned the student audience. that's critical to the president in many other states as well. you mentioned in the last hour the tensions between prime minister netanyahu and israel was a big theme. if you look at the counties where he is, john just mentioned the three southeastern counties and you know them well, this is where you have those students, but you also have a large jewish population, transplants from the north, if you will. this is where the president has to do well as he did four years ago. go back in time, bill clinton did not carry florida in 1992. george h.w. bush carried with ross perot in the case. george bush carried the reliable counties in 1996 when he did carry. and look at the difference in 1996. john zarrella just mentioned the i-4 cordon from tampa over. clinton did wel
thank you. >>> how exactly can former president clinton help the obama re-election effort? our chief national correspondent john king is over there at the magic wall. john, tell our viewers what he's uniquely qualified to do certain things. >> he is very popular. john zarrella just mentioned the student audience. that's critical to the president in many other states as well. you mentioned in the last hour the tensions between prime minister netanyahu and israel was a big theme....
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the election battle now moving to the center of the united states with president obama in iowa, mitt romney in colorado. two very important battleground states that both campaigns are intensely focused on. our chief national correspondent, john king, is joining us with more on these two states. what are you seeing, john? >> wolf, i'm sorry, relatively small states but critically important. iowa where the president was, six electoral votes, not as big in ohio, could be critical. colorado, that's where governor romney was, they are among the states we now have as pure toss ups. this is the electoral map. 247 solid or leaning obama, 206 solid or leading romney. two top states iowa and colorado among them. switch maps, wolf. what else do they have in common? these are classic swing states. this is the 2008 map, iowa and colorado both part of the obama coalition. erase those. try this. go back in time, what do you get in 2004? george w. bush won both of those states. go back to the year 2000 they were split. al gore winning in iowa, george bush winning in colorado. classic swing states. w
the election battle now moving to the center of the united states with president obama in iowa, mitt romney in colorado. two very important battleground states that both campaigns are intensely focused on. our chief national correspondent, john king, is joining us with more on these two states. what are you seeing, john? >> wolf, i'm sorry, relatively small states but critically important. iowa where the president was, six electoral votes, not as big in ohio, could be critical. colorado,...
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president obama didn't find out about the affair until after election day. congressional leaders from both parties are upset that neither they nor the president were informed until late last week. >> obviously this was a matter involving a potential compromise of security. and the president should have been told about it at the earliest date. >> reporter: a u.s. official said there was no breach of security as a result of the affair. a cantor aide says the congressman called the fbi's leadership to report the information he got on october 31st. but according to "the wall street journal," the fbi's probe had already been under way for months. "the journal" says the fbi's investigation began in may when it started looking into e-mails described as threatening sent to a woman cnn has identified as jill kelley, a family friend of petraeus'. the fbi traced the e-mails back to paula broadwell, petraeus' biographer. and by late summer, "the wall street journal" report, the bureau linked broadwell to petraeus. that's when "the journal" says top officials informed er
president obama didn't find out about the affair until after election day. congressional leaders from both parties are upset that neither they nor the president were informed until late last week. >> obviously this was a matter involving a potential compromise of security. and the president should have been told about it at the earliest date. >> reporter: a u.s. official said there was no breach of security as a result of the affair. a cantor aide says the congressman called the...
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he wants an election about what obama has done over the last three years and whether his policies have failed or not and whether the economy is. with romney clearly you can please the base, special editorial writers, "the wall street journal," the movement conservatives by making this pick. but right now you're going to have to start playing towards the center. you're going to have to start moving undecided voters who don't really care about these policies that much who aren't attracted to these conservative policies and convince them that you should come your way. >> the republicans as we say has won the white house without carrying ohio. if it's close in ohio, rob portman might be able to deliver votes if there's a 20,000 or 30,000 vote difference, he could presumably help. a lot of folks are still betting on him even thoughe's not well-known and at the bottom of the list. >> and wisconsin is not that clear swing state. it's not clear ryan would have the same impact if you put him on the ticket. >> thanks very much. we should know soon enough. maybe as soon as this weekend. >> i'm lo
he wants an election about what obama has done over the last three years and whether his policies have failed or not and whether the economy is. with romney clearly you can please the base, special editorial writers, "the wall street journal," the movement conservatives by making this pick. but right now you're going to have to start playing towards the center. you're going to have to start moving undecided voters who don't really care about these policies that much who aren't...
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president obama tells russia's president to give him some space until after election day. a private chat all caught on an open microphone. and a woman says she doesn't believe her husband could have slaughtered innocent civilians. and find out if your car is the target of a brand-new recall right here in the united states. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, that's logistics. ♪ a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh
president obama tells russia's president to give him some space until after election day. a private chat all caught on an open microphone. and a woman says she doesn't believe her husband could have slaughtered innocent civilians. and find out if your car is the target of a brand-new recall right here in the united states. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those...
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the election results tell the story. president obama won the union vote handily. nationwide, he won 58% of the union vote. compared to governor romney who got 40%. and unions also contributed heavily to donations and get out the vote efforts. $143 million they gave overall in the 2012 campaign to general candidates and elections in general. only 4% went to republicans. the rest went to democrats and outside spending groups. so you can see the impact they had across the board it and, wolf, while michigan wouldn't be the first state to pass right to work laws, in fact, 23 other states already have right to work laws. so tomorrow michigan could become the 24th state to have one. as the birthplace for the organized labor movement in the u.s., passage for this law in michigan would be a body blow to the labor movement in the u.s., wolf. >> certainly would be. thanks very much for that, jessica. >>> the president's due back here in washington just in a little while from michigan. his focus will be back on trying to get a deal with the house speaker john boehner over tax
the election results tell the story. president obama won the union vote handily. nationwide, he won 58% of the union vote. compared to governor romney who got 40%. and unions also contributed heavily to donations and get out the vote efforts. $143 million they gave overall in the 2012 campaign to general candidates and elections in general. only 4% went to republicans. the rest went to democrats and outside spending groups. so you can see the impact they had across the board it and, wolf, while...